Background For some adolescents feeling lonely can be a protracted and painful
experience. It has been suggested that engaging in health risk behaviours such as …

Background Loneliness is common in adolescence and has been linked to various negative
outcomes. Until now, however, there has been little cross-country research on this …

Aims: The present study investigates whether loneliness and social isolation are associated
with poor physical and mental health among adolescents and young adults, and whether …

Aims: Loneliness is an important public health challenge for all ages. This study reports time
trends of loneliness among adolescents over a 12-year period and analyses the strength of …

Objectives To examine which factors are associated with feeling lonely in Moscow, Russia,
and to determine whether loneliness is associated with worse health. Study design Cross …

Background Loneliness is a growing public health concern, yet little is known about
loneliness in young people. The current study aimed to identify social ecological factors …

Background Loneliness is a common health problem among the elderly but is not well
understood in the adolescent population, especially in low‐and middle‐income countries …

Background Loneliness and social inequality in health are important public health concerns.
We examined (i) trends in loneliness among adolescents from 1991 to 2014 in Denmark and …

Background While loneliness has been regarded as a risk to mental and physical health,
there is a lack of current community data covering a broad age range. This study used a …

The aim of this cross-national study was to assess factors associated with loneliness and to
determine the degree to which loneliness affects health status and risk behaviours among …